Meshack Lafayette Speed (1863 - 1907)

Born 21 Jul 1863 in Ocoha, Covington, Mississippi

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Died 14 May 1907 at age 43 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana

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Meshack Lafayette Speed 32 was born on 21 Jul 1863 in Covington County, Mississippi, died on 14 May 1907 in Kentwood, Louisiana at age 43, and was buried in 1907 in McDaniel Cemetery, Pike Co., Mississippi.

Meshack died of blood poisoning from an injury received when a log rolled over his foot while he was employed by Brooks Scanlon Lumber Company in Kentwood, Louisiana. At the time of his death, "Shack" had almost completed a new home for his family in Chatawa, Mississippi. After his death Minnie and their children moved into it.

Meshack married Minnie (Lonna) Ford circa 1885 in Covington County, Mississippi. Minnie was born in Nov 1870 in Covington County, Mississippi.

The child from this marriage was:

i. John Frazier Speed was born on 16 Jan 1886 in Covington County, Mississippi.

Meshack next married Minnie Louise McDaniel, daughter of John McDaniel and Mary Elizabeth Newman, on 1 Jan 1890 in Mississippi. Minnie was born on 29 Nov 1869 in Pike County, Mississippi, died on 6 Dec 1944 in Kentwood, Louisiana at age 75, and was buried in 1944 in McDaniel Cemetery, Pike Co., Mississippi.

1. Luther Monroe Speed – b. Oct 11, 1890, d. Jul 23, 1949, m. Lillie Estelle Rhodus, b. Aug 30, 1899, d. May 1980. Both bur Terry Creek Cemetery, Pike County, MS
2. Charles C. Speed – b. Aug 22, 1893, d. Mar 1964, m. Lela Augusta Taylor, b. Sep 11, 1897, d. Feb 13, 1957.
3. Susan Speed – b. 1894–
4. Buren Speed – b. Dec 13, 1895, d. Feb 26, 1932, m. Flossie G. Hughes, b. Sep 15, 1904, d. Sep 30, 1937
5. William Warren Speed – b. Mar 18, 1898, d. Jan 9, 1967, m. Doris Mae Walker, b. May 10, 1918, d. Feb 11, 1970. Both bur Terry Creek Cemetery, Pike County, MS. Children:
6. Syble Estelle Speed – b. Jul 10, 1900, d. May 15, 1928, m. Howard Ray Booty, b. Sep 7, 1895, d. Nov 1, 1965, bur. Masonic Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, LA.
7. Clarence Agustus Speed – b. Mar 9, 1903, d. Jul 5, 1942, bur Terry Creek Cemetery, Pike County, MS. The 1940 census list his wife as Doris which may be Doris Mae Walker who later married Clarence’s brother William after Clarence died.
8. Meshack Lafayette Speed, Jr. – b. Sep 14, 1905, d. May 6, 1947
9. Flossie Speed – b.^[1]

Meshack died of blood poisoning from an injury received when a log rolled over his foot while he was employed by Brooks Scanlon Lumber Company in Kentwood, Louisiana. At the time of his death, "Shack" had almost completed a new home for his family in Chatawa, Mississippi. After his death Minnie and their children moved into it.

This person was created through the import of Adams,Fowler,Roulston,Twilla_2011-03-09.ged on 10 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.

Census

1870 United States Census name: M L Speed estimated birth year: 1864 gender: Male age in 1870: 6y color: White birthplace: Mississippi home in 1870: Mississippi, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace J M Speed M 53y South Carolina Sarah Speed F 53y North Carolina B F Speed M 20y Mississippi J B Speed M 14y Mississippi L T Speed M 12y Mississippi Josephine Speed F 9y Mississippi M L Speed M 6y Mississippi

Source

1. ↑ http://www.mixsonian.com/genealogy/mixon-mixson/pg-065a.html

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=136510933

• A History of the Speed Family of Mississippi, The Chatawa Speeds; by Carl O. Speed 2002

• http://chuckspeed.com/speed.ged/d1.htm#i31342